We celebrated in a dive.

This past week we celebrated our 9th year of marital bliss. Many, many months ago I, with Lance's permission, purchased us tickets on said date, to see Phantom at the Buell. Super excited. The bad news is that Lance ended up being out of town and missed the festivities. The good news is that my wonderful friend, Sue, was able to spend the evening in awe with me--it was a fabulous performance! The 2nd part of the good news is that we finally got to celebrate our anniversary together yesterday, when I surprised Lance with a trip to Skyventure Colorado, where we did some indoor skydiving. It has been on our "to do" list for a long time and it did not disappoint. I'm including a short video of our absolutely crazy instructor, Dan, who mesmerized us all with his acrobatics!

Oh, what a beautiful morning!

Well, these were actually taken in the afternoon. Anyway, we were SO blessed to have the most gorgeous February weather the first handful of days Lance was gone. Although the sun is still shining, the clouds and cold weather have rolled back in as of yesterday. Rain...or snow...is in the air!

Thank you, Lord!

Frogs and snails & puppy dog tails (part II)

The girls got spoiled yesterday by spending an entire day with their grandparents--complete with a trip to see Disney on Ice. When they left, the little man went nuts! He adores his sisters. Generally speaking, he plays independently quite well. I just think he knew that he was being left out. I'd like to say that I went out of my way to spoil him rotten while they were gone. But I didn't. We did go to church, which he loves. Then we came home and he took a 2 hour nap while I ate some dessert and watched Gilmore Girls. It was a much needed day of quiet for mom! I did take a self-portrait of us before nap time. He is so cute at this age. Minus the occasional tantrum.

Frogs and snails & puppy dog tails...

How much cuteness can you handle?

Terrified of "Tickle Me Cookie Monster," LOVES the "FurrReal" Puppy! Check out his new spikey-do. Very much a big boy these days!

Sugar & Spice...and everything nice!

In better late than never news...check out the cutest angels at the Christmas pageant! I wish I'd gotten a closer shot of them holding hands and singing, with the throngs of other children. However, they were so hard to see and ALL 100 angels had redeye--it kind of takes away the angelicness of it all!

Silent Night!

On to the holiday showcase at Colorado School of Dance!

No costumes for this one, just some festive music and lots of cuteness!

Phew! We are on day 8 of dad being out of the country. We have weathered some coughs, sore throats, runny noses, and slight fevers, but we are all still kickin'. Just a handful more days to go, and my sanity is still intact, (barely!) Thank you to all who have checked in on us and prayed for us!